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Lindsey Vonn out for the season after suffering injuries in crash
SCHLADMING, Austria - All it took was a moment. Lindsey Vonn landed hard and tumbled face first with a piercing shriek.
Just like that, her season was done. The star American skier was on the ground with two ligaments in her right knee torn, a bone in her lower leg broken.
The cascading fall down the slope during the super-G at the world championships Tuesday knocked out the four-time World Cup champion for the rest of the season, the latest and most serious in a string of injuries for Vonn at skiing's biggest events.
The U.S. team said in a statement it expects her back for the next World Cup season and the 2014 Sochi Olympics, which start a year from this week.
The harrowing accident came after Vonn was lifted into the air off a jump in the opening race at the championships. As she hit the ground, her right leg gave way and she spun down face first, throwing an arm out to protect herself. She ended up on her back as she smashed through a gate.
On the television feed, Vonn was clearly heard screaming an expletive as she landed, then a despairing "Yes, yes," when someone asked, "Are you hurt?"
Race leader and eventual champion Tina Maze watched with her mouth agape. The concern also was obvious on the face of Vonn's sister, Laura Kildow, who has been traveling with her.
For 12 minutes, Vonn lay on the snow getting medical treatment before being airlifted by helicopter to a hospital in Schladming.
Vonn tore her anterior cruciate ligament and medial collateral ligament in her right knee, U.S. ski team medical director Kyle Wilkens said in a statement. The broken bone was described as a "lateral tibial plateau fracture."
Christian Kaulfersch, the assistant medical director at the worlds, said Vonn left the Schladming hospital on Tuesday afternoon and will have surgery in another hospital.
"She first wanted to go back to the team hotel to mentally deal with all what has happened," Kaulfersch said.
Team physician William Sterett, who was with Vonn, declined to offer any more information when contacted by The Associated Press.
Comebacks are nothing new for Vonn, who has also been afflicted by injuries at her past six major championships - from a thumb she sliced on a champagne bottle at the 2009 worlds in Val d'Isere, France, to a bruised shin that she cured with Austrian cheese at the Vancouver Olympics. This one, however, could prove the biggest test yet for the 28-year-old who won the downhill at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.
Vonn took a month off this season after being hospitalized for an intestinal illness in November, and had just regained her form with two wins in January.
That was evident at the start of her Tuesday's run. She led Maze by 0.04 seconds at the first checkpoint and was just 0.12 back at the second interval and seemingly on her way to a medal, if not victory.
What went wrong is a matter of debate.
The start of the race was delayed by 3 1/2 hours because of fog hanging over the course and it began in waning light at 2:30 p.m. local time. Even before Vonn's crash, a course worker fell and also had to be airlifted. He was reported to have broken his nose.
All the delays made for what skiers call flat light - overcast and dreary conditions <0x2014> when Vonn raced.
"Lindsey did a great job on top and Lindsey has won a lot of races in flat light so the flat light was definitely not a problem," U.S. Alpine director Patrick Riml told the AP.
"We are upset obviously with what happened but if you don't know the facts and why they decided to start and what the weather forecast was it's hard to say without any reasoning," Riml said. "And they probably had a reason, otherwise they wouldn't have started."
It was difficult to say exactly when Vonn lost control.
"She jumped a little bit in the wrong direction and started to correct that a little bit in the air and put a lot of pressure on the outside ski exactly in the landing and she couldn't hold the pressure and then (she crashed)," said Atle Skaardal, women's race director for the International Ski Federation.
Skaardal defended the decision to race.
"I can confirm that the visibility was great, there were no problems, and the course was also in good shape," he said. "I don't see that any outside factors played a role in this accident. ... The other factors were like they were supposed to be for ski racing."
Vonn's list of injuries at major championships is long.
Two years ago, she pulled out midway through the last worlds in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, because of a mild concussion. At the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, Vonn skied despite a severely bruised shin to win the downhill and take bronze in the super-G.
At the 2009 worlds in Val d'Isere, she sliced her thumb on a champagne bottle after sweeping gold in the downhill and super-G, forcing her out of the giant slalom. At the 2007 worlds in Are, Sweden, Vonn injured her knee in training and missed her final two events.
And at the 2006 Turin Olympics, she had a horrific crash in downhill training and went directly from her hospital room to the mountain to compete in four of her five events.
The conditions Tuesday varied from racer to racer, and as the light began to fade even more, organizers stopped the race after only 36 of the 59 skiers had come down.
Maze skied immediately before Vonn.
"I saw it was a very high jump, so I knew I had to take the right line to make the next gate," she said. "World championship races often have special conditions and the mistakes from the girls were not because of the slope."
The two competitors who started immediately after Vonn, former overall winner Maria Hoefl-Riesch of Germany and local favorite Anna Fenninger of Austria, each skied off course. In all, six racers who started the course failed to finish. Still, Skaardal said he never thought about stopping the race.
"It's not a very difficult course but in some parts you couldn't see anything," said Fabienne Suter of Switzerland, who finished fifth.
Vonn's teammate Julia Mancuso also thrived in the difficult conditions and won the bronze medal.
"It's the same for everybody," U.S. speed coach Chip White said. "Everyone had to wait for a long time and that's always difficult. And the holds were every 15 minutes so it really doesn't give you a chance to go and do something else. You're always kind of on edge at the ready. It's a difficult situation but everybody had the same difficult situation."
Olympic giant slalom champion Viktoria Rebensburg, of Germany, had to ski through a bank of fog at the beginning of her run.
"There was a lot of fog but it's something we're used to," Rebensburg said, adding that the race was fair. "If you look at the results the top super-G skiers are in front so I think it was OK."
However, Rebensburg acknowledged that the course was "not really perfect" because of inconsistent snow conditions.


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Terry Marotta: We're not meant to be alone
"When you marry someone now, all you get is one person," Kurt Vonnegut wrote. He believed marriages started going bust when the extended family began disappearing from the scene.
"When couples fight, it isn't about sex or power. What they're really saying is, 'You're not enough people!'"
He's right there, boy. Couples need whole gangs of people around them.
One of the worst social experiments we ever conducted in this country was the one that corralled people into that nuclear family consisting of a lone man, a lone woman and the children produced between them.
Even today when the young marry, we give them bridal showers and set them adrift, essentially marooning them with weird extraneous things like champagne flutes and bread makers. Better that we should give them promises: "We'll come every Tuesday and bring pizza!" Or "Saturdays, let's wash our cars!"
I grew up in a family consisting of a mother who ran a business from our home; an aunt -- Grace -- who came over daytimes to help; a grandfather who sat in an armchair reading histories of the Republic; and two ancient great-aunties who sat muttering over their rosary beads and letting us kids use them as living props in all our dramas.
It was life with four extra playmates. And it was the opposite of lonely. And when we made mischief or drove Mom nuts, one of them would lead us off, while another sat her down to take a breather.
I went from this warm nest to dorm life in college and then directly to marriage to a boy no older than I was.
We had nothing but our dreams and our student loans, and it was great and all, only just a tad quiet with just us and the champagne flutes, and sometimes, just sometimes, my groom and I felt much as sweet Aunt Grace came to feel late in her life when, in the mists of Alzheimer's, she would wake mornings. "Where are the others?" she would ask all anxious and sad.
David and I began having a few of our own "others" around with the arrival of our first baby, who, being a mammal, looked to me for milk. And fun. And everything else, basically.
I felt so tired all the time. "Couldn't we stop with this one child?" I said one day.
"We could," answered my husband in his sweet, mild way. "But I just always pictured filling up the places around the Christmas tree."
I felt the yearning in his voice, and so we had a second child. And then we wanted a third. Then two more kids came into our lives another way, and four kids beyond that.
And like any parents, we have helped them all learn things: how to ride a bike and how to do their taxes; how to ask for help and how to say sorry.
And now, they help each other – to manage a tricky boss or to find an apartment. Me, I can no longer thread a needle without three sets of magnifying glasses, but with them around, the job gets done. And I often think if we had a slogan hung over our front door, it would say, "Not Alone."
Because it's too hard to go it alone.
Remember that next time you see a couple fighting.
Remember it especially when you see a couple with young children fighting. We are a village species. We're meant to live in community.
Terry Marotta is an author, a speaker and a youth worker who has been writing this column for New England papers since Ronald Reagan's earliest days in office. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com and PO Box 270, Winchester, MA 01890.

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Flagler deputy involved in fatal crash
A 64-year-old Palm Coast man was killed Wednesday after his van was hit from behind by a Flagler County sheriff's deputy responding to an emergency call, according to a Florida Highway Patrol sergeant.
Deputy Christopher Lee Crego, 31, was westbound on State Road 100 at 6:38 a.m. Wednesday with his lights and sirens on in response to a report of another crash when he hit a Chevy van driven by Eduardo Luis Pacheco near the intersection of West Black Point Road. Pacheco also was driving west at the time of the crash, said FHP Sgt. Dylan Bryan.
"We are trying to determine if the van just stopped in the middle of the road or if he was trying to yield to the emergency vehicle," Bryan said.
Crego was taken to Halifax Medical Center in Daytona Beach with lacerations to his head and face, Bryan said.
Surgery for the deputy was scheduled later Wednesday, according to Flagler County sheriff's spokesman Lt. Bob Weber.
A Flagler County school bus that was traveling east on S.R. 100 at the time of the crash was hit with debris but no one on board was injured. The driver of the special needs bus, an aide, and one 15-year-old student were on their way to Indian Trails Middle School, according to the FHP.
The student's family was notified and the girl met with counselors upon arriving at school, Bryan said Wednesday from the scene.
The crash remains under investigation and the FHP is reviewing video taken inside the school bus to see if there's anything that might help explain the crash, Bryan said.
The impact of the collision sent debris flying. Nails, a circular saw, ladders and other tools were strewn across the road, shoulders and adjacent grassy areas.
Pacheco, according to Florida's Division of Corporations, is vice president of Builders Enterprises Inc. in Palm Coast. Cars were parked in the driveway of his home Wednesday but no one answered the door at the pink stucco house guarded by two lion statues at the base of the driveway.
Neighbor Deborah Portee said she didn't know Pacheco except to wave hello. She said he has lived in the P-section for at least four years.
"It's so heartbreaking. Tragic," she said. "He was just doing what he normally did, and this happened. It's horrible to think that you can leave your house to do what you do and not make it back home."
Crego, who Weber said is in stable condition, has worked for the Sheriff's Office for a 18 months. During his time with the Flagler Sheriff's Office, Crego reported vehicle damage once before, Weber said.
"It was a case where he was transporting a prisoner who damaged the interior of his patrol car," he said. "Other than that there are no disciplinary issues in his Internal Affairs file."
Weber said there is no specific Flagler County Sheriff's Office policy regarding how fast deputies are to drive when responding to an emergency call.
The Sheriff's Office will likely wait for FHP to complete its investigation before any decision is made regarding whether Crego will face any disciplinary action, he said.
Charges are pending the outcome of the investigation, according to an FHP report released Wednesday.
Flagler Sheriff Jim Manfre sent out condolences in a written statement.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with the family of the driver of the other vehicle and our deputy," Manfre said. "We wish deputy Crego a speedy recovery."


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LACMA's Art & Music concert series has been a staple of our music programming for four years. Each concert finds a connection between the museum's exhibitions or permanent collection and the music being performed. Typically we hold these concerts in our Bing Theater, but for Saturday night's performance, in celebration of Renoir in the 20th Century, we're doing something we've never done before—holding the concert inside the Renoir galleries.
With the exhibition's focus on Renoir's later works, the musical choice was quite clear. At that time in France, Debussy and Ravel were composing groundbreaking music that ushered in the Impressionist period in music. Given the confines of the gallery, the acoustics of the room can only accommodate a single instrument, so solo piano was also an obvious choice. While there are a handful of world-class French pianists actively performing today, there is really only one master of that repertoire—Philippe Entremont. The world-renowned pianist and conductor began his piano studies at a young age with Marguerite Long, who was a favored interpreter of the music of Ravel. Entremont has performed recitals of Debussy and Ravel the world over, and we are fortunate to have him fly in from France for this concert. Here's a video of Entremont performing Debussy's Sarabande from Suite pour le piano, in 2008.
To be visually surrounded by Renoir's greatest works circa 1900–1920, and to be musically surrounded by France's greatest music circa 1900–1920, performed by one of France's legendary pianists, is going to make for a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
Mitch Glickman, Director of Music Programs


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Jared Olar: Things are going Romney's way
The end is near!
The end of the 2012 presidential race, I mean, not the end of the world. The world isn't scheduled to end until Dec. 21, so we still have plenty of time to finish our Christmas shopping — although the Mayan calendar kooks say we won't be celebrating Christmas this year anyway, or ever again, so perhaps we shouldn't bother.
Eh, where was I? Oh, yeah, the presidential race. We've got about a week to go until Election Day — but thanks to this politically memorable October, we're getting a somewhat better idea of who might win next week.
About three months ago, I went on record with my ever so tentative prediction that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney would defeat President Barack Obama. (Not that anyone cares, or should care, who I think will win the presidential election.)
After three televised and webcasted presidential debates and one vice presidential debate (or what passes for debates in modern American politics), and having seen the polls moving gradually in mostly one direction (Romney's) for most of the month ever since the remarkable first debate in Denver, I am now prepared to say that my prediction is no longer "ever so tentative."
I feel confident enough about Romney's chances of winning the election next week that I now say my prediction is merely "tentative."
So, a few thoughts about the debates — or "debates," I should say. Even though U.S. voters never get to see true debates between candidates, our pseudo-debates still can serve a helpful purpose in allowing viewers to get a sense of a candidate's personality, competence, people skills and even aspects of his character.
With little in the past three or more years that he can run on, Obama instead has sought to poison voters' perceptions of his opponent by an intensive campaign of negative political ads and gross caricature and misrepresentation. This strategy was having some small degree of success, keeping Obama slightly ahead of Romney in the polls.
And then, in a single night in Denver, Obama's campaign saw all of those millions of dollars worth of ads swirl right down the toilet bowl.
In that debate, many undecided or independent voters got to see Romney in action for the first time, and they liked what they saw — or so it appears judging from Romney's surge in his favorability ratings (he's now ahead of or at least even with Obama in favorability) and the evaporation of Obama's lead with women voters (Romney and Obama now split the women's vote evenly)
Jay Nordlinger of National Review has said, "If people can see that they can leave the presidency in a safe, able pair of hands, they'll fire Obama." Romney's debate win in Denver seems to have opened the minds of many voters to the proposition that there is a viable alternative to the less than safe and quite incapable pair of hands currently holding the presidency.
In the next two debates, Obama gave much better performances and eked out narrow wins both times, but Romney's performance at those debates not only did not dispel but tended to strengthen the good impression voters had formed of him in Denver. Consequently, Romney's polling has continued to improve, both nationally and in the crucial electoral vote swing states.
As for the single vice presidential debate, it probably confirmed for most of us why it is important to pray every day that no physical harm ever befalls President Obama, because God alone can help us if Joe Biden, affable buffoon that he is, were ever to become president.
Conversely, Paul Ryan acquitted himself well enough that he probably assured voters that he could assume the presidency were anything to happen to a President Romney. And learning if a presidential candidate's running mate can competently step in if the president dies or resigns or is impeached is perhaps just about the only practical purpose for vice presidential debates.
So, things have been going Romney's way, while the Obama campaign has been doing the kinds of things you'd expect of a campaign that sensed things were going against them. This is why Obama's side has been increasing its negative tone and working to shore up the support of its base by playing up Big Bird, binders and abortion (not the primary issues driving the debate this year).
Even so, both the polls and the Electoral College math are showing a pretty close race, so I'm playing it safe prediction-wise: a Romney win, tentatively.
Jared Olar may be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. The views expressed in this column are not necessarily those of the newspaper.


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10 Discussion Questions for Book Clubs and Others
The Spare Room
A Novel by Helen Garner
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How should we treat terminally ill people who don't accept that they are dying? Should we support the delusion that they will get better – on the premise that false hope is better than none – or tell the truth? These questions underlie The Spare Room, a prize-winning Australian novel about a friendship between two women in their 60s that is tested when one develops metastatic bowel cancer. After conventional treatments fail, Nicola moves in with Helen for three weeks in order to try the alternative therapies peddled by a sham clinic in Melbourne, including coffee enemas and intravenous vitamin C. At first solicitous, Helen begins to run out of patience as her houseguest's demands grow. The novel builds toward a confrontation between the two women that raises yet another question: Whether or not Nicola lives, can the women's friendship survive her illness?
Discussion Questions
All quotations and page numbers below come from the advance reader's edition and may differ slightly in the finished book. Garner pronounces Nicola's name NICK-oh-la.
1. Helen Garner says that The Spare Room was inspired by her experience of caring for dying friends. An autobiographical novel has give you something you wouldn't get from a memoir in order to work. Did The Spare Room do this? What did you get from it that you couldn't have gotten from a memoir?
2. The title of The Spare Room refers to an unused room converted to a guest room. But it has several other meanings. Who or what is "spare" or "spared" in this book?
3. Garner says that Australians have told her The Spare Room made them "laugh as well as cry." Did you find parts of this novel funny? Which ones?
4. At first, Helen seems unusually kind. She takes pains to make her spare room comfortable, such as by choosing a pink sheet because Nicola "had a famous feel for color, and pink is flattering even to skin that has turned yellowish." [Page 1] Later Helen says cruel things to Nicola: "I wait on you hand and foot" [Page 122] and "Can't you use your brains?" [Page 124] Was this change believable? What made it credible or not credible?
5. Why did Helen work so hard to transform the spare room? Did she do things like choosing a "flattering" sheet just for Nicola's benefit or because she needed to downplay for herself the reality of her friend's death?
6. Nicola appears to deny that she is dying. But Liesl Schillinger wrote in a review that "Garner's narrative makes clear that Iris and Helen are also in denial." ["A Visit From Death," The New York Times Book Review, Feb. 15, 2009, page 12.] Do you agree or disagree?
7. Garner depicts relatives of both of her main characters, including Helen's five-and-a-half-year-old granddaughter, Bessie. Do you think she did this to show how different generations view death, to make a point about the women's ties to their families, or for other reasons?
8. Late in the novel, Helen and Nicola go to a magic show by a German magician [Page 131]. What role does this scene play in the novel? How is the book about the conflict between magic (or illusion) and reality in general? Does the scene relate to an earlier comment by a quack doctor that in Germany many cancer victims live over electromagnetic fields? [Page 31]
9. Two unrelated yardsticks show that The Spare Room is written at fourth-grade (9-year-old) reading level: The Flesch-Kincaid readability statistics that come with the spell-checker on Microsoft Word and the online Spache Readbility Formula. Did the novel seem dumbed-down? Why or not?
10. Many American memoirs or semi-autobiographical novels deal with the relationship between the author and someone who is dying. These range from John Gunther's modern classic about the loss of his teenage son, Death Be Not Proud, to Mitch Albom's recent Tuesdays With Morrie. How does The Spare Room compare to any you've read? What strengths or weaknesses does it have that they didn't?
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The Spare Room: A Novel. By Helen Garner. Holt, 192 pp., $22. Published: February 2009. A review of The Spare Room appeared on One-Minute Book Reviews on March 2, 2009, in the post that directly followed this guide.
About the author: Garner is a novelist and the author of the true-crime books The First Stone and Joe Cinque's Consolation, both bestsellers in her native Australia. Her Wikipedia entry lists some of her awards.
Garner talks about The Spare Room in an audio podcast.
Janice Harayda www.janiceharayda is a novelist and award-winning journalist who has been the book columnist for Glamour, the book editor of the Plain Dealer in Cleveland and a vice-president of the National Book Critics Circle www.bookcritics.org.
© 2009 Janice Harayda. All rights reserved.


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À la carte restaurant, ideal for elegant meals in harmonious and select surroundings.
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A space where the sardine is queen, in a gallery of cans that represent a century of Portuguese and worldwide history. With an irresistible palette of colours and a corresponding decoration where even a carrousel is included!
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For all tastes: breakfast, sandwiches, steaks, pastas, typical Portuguese cod gratin - in addition to others delicious dishes.
MY Bistro Coffee & Drinks
The outdoor seating area at My Bistro Coffee & Drinks is the ideal place for a cup of coffee or juice from the vast drinks menu, while enjoying Lisbon's unique light.
Nespresso is an international reference brand driven by high standards, both product and service wise. It offers a variety of coffees and hot and cold recipes with a Ready to Fly service.
O Mercado
"In the centre of the airport, you can find a space inspired by the Portuguese markets. It offers the opportunity to taste Lisbon's best custard tarts or typical Portuguese dishes, such as codfish cakes."
Padaria Lisboa
Inspired by the traditional Portuguese bakeries, Padaria Lisboa offers a new and different concept, combining the typical Portuguese bread with your favourite nespresso coffees.
Genuine and timeless, PANDORA celebrates the life of women by inviting them to capture unforgettable moments through high quality jewellery.
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Pastelaria Versailles
The most elegant and emblematic cake shop in Lisbon, the cake shop Versailles features a variety of irresistable cakes and dishes prepared in the great Rotisserie.
A representative place of the French way of living, where atmosphere and good taste carry us to traditional French bakeries and pastries.
Pizza Hut
A space where you can enjoy delicious slices of pizza with a variety of new flavours.
Porsche design
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Don't let anything pass you by. Whether you've just arrived or are about to depart, here you will always find the latest news, as well as tobacco, chocolates, chewing gum and the best in Portuguese and international literature.
Thanks to its sturdy ribbed design, Rimowa's suitcases are always unmistakable. A wide range of travel bags, wallets, belts and other travel accessories, in a store worth visiting, at the Lisbon Airport.
Rituals Cosmetics is the first brand in the world to combine home and body cosmetics.
With an expansive product line, more than 400 products, including body care, scented candles, fragrance sticks, assorted teas, skin care, precious mineral make-up, and soulwear; the brand transforms everyday routines into more meaningful moments. Each product is inspired by an ancient Eastern tradition. Let yourself be inspired!
Salvatore Ferragamo
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Products based on a philosophy of fair trade and organic coffee, an offering of fresh hand-made and quality products with a service of excellence for people who appreciate a true gastronomic experience at a competitive price.
An ideal last stop before boarding, with a large offer of sandwiches, pastries, salads, pastas and coffee drinks.
Sports at Heart
A mandatory visit for hardcore sports fans. And for football fans especially, the place to go to find all the merchandise and official products from a number of national and European teams.
Dedicated to people with a youthful spirit and a strong personality, this brand, created in 1988, caters to men and women who look at fashion in a relaxed way, creating their own style.
From its famous Frappuccino to all varieties of great tasting coffee.
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The ideal opportunity to buy a new pair of sunglasses, whether you're going on holiday in the tropics, a skiing trip, or simply because you want to keep up with the latest trends. At Sunglass Hut, you will find a number of top brands that will transform your look, such as Ray Ban, Versace and Oakley.
This brand's collections and accessories of irresistible beauty and glamour are internationally known for giving a special sparkle to any occasion. Discover this unique space where jewellery and decorative pieces become even more beautiful.
On-trend, exciting and approachable, tech2go is an innovative new electronic accessories concept, created by LS travel retail.
From headphones to appcessories, covers, chargers, gizmos and gadgets, there's something to suit the tech needs of every traveller. A welcoming store design, service that is knowledgeable and helpful, and a fun approach to electronic accessories makes tech2go a favourite among travellers.
Travel & Business Gate
For those who demand the highest quality and appreciate a dynamic lifestyle, this store is the ideal place to find the latest trends in bags and travel accessories. Before boarding, pay us a visit and discover the latest collections by Bugatti, Bric's, Delsey, Piquadro, Rimowa and Samsonite.
This brand, based in the United States, works with ballistic nylon, which ensures all the strength your baggage needs. Come by our store and discover our stylish travel bags and accessories, which protect your most precious possessions when you travel.
Victoria's Secret
Known for its high-end lingerie, beauty products and accessories for women, this brand represents a lifestyle full of beauty and style, with products that inspire, pamper and arouse emotions and sensations in Victoria's Secret women.
With a digital and engaging design and a staff focused on ensuring a personalised service, in this store you will find everything you need for your trip! This area was designed to allow passengers to quickly interact with Vodafone products and services, namely voice and data cards, travel equipment and accessories.
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This project is my version of a common block called Dresden Plate. I love this traditional block and started thinking . . . wouldn't this make a wonderful plate charger for my table and that was the start of my inspiration for this month's Moda Bake Shop project. I really fell in love with Bonnie & Camille's "Simple Abundance Collection" that's now available in stores. It looks so great with the colors I have in my home.
- Part One: Making the Dresden Plate Charger
- Part Two: Making the Fat Quarter Napkins
- Part Three: Making the Napkin Rings
- Part Four: Making the Dresden Plate Table Runner
- One Fat Quarter Bundle of "Simple Abundance" by Bonnie & Camille
- 3 yards of Cream Background Print #55011-19 for Hourglass Units & Quilt Backing
- 2/3 yards of Cream on Cream Floral #55017-19 for Background Block in Table Runner
- 2/3 yards of Green & Brown Stripe #55014-13 for Binding
- 15″ x 15″ piece of felted Cream colored Moda Wool for each 13″ Dresden Plate Charger
- Stack-n-Whack 18 degree Fan Ruler by Bethany S. Reynolds
- Triangle Square Up Ruler by Eleanor Burns
- 2 Small Buttons per Napkin Ring
- Coordinating Embroidery Floss for finishing Dresden Plate Chargers
(Finished Size: 13″ Round)
1. The method for making the Dresden Plate Units is the same no matter what size you decide to make. In this portion of the tutorial I will be using the 3″ x 6″ rectangles for making the Dresden Plate Chargers.
Begin making your Dresden Plate Units by picking out 20 darker fabrics from your Fat Quarter Bundle. Make sure to cut out the strips along the 22″ length of your fat quarter so you will have plenty of room to square up your strips and rectangles.
For Each Plate Charger cut 1 set of 20 rectangles:
- Cut each strip 3″ x 22″ Sub cut each strip into three 3″ x 6″ rectangles.
2. Using the Stack n' Whack 18 degree Fan Ruler you will cut out the 20 spokes for each dresden plate unit making sure to align your ruler on the fabric in between the zero and the 6″ line. Trim off the excess fabric on both sides.
3. Arrange each spoke in the position that you desire or you can follow the layout in the picture.
4. Starting with the first spoke pick up the second spoke and place it underneath and continue around the circle. Take the stack to your sewing machine. Reduce your stitch length to 1.5-2.0 (my machine is preset to 2.5).
5. Take the first spoke and with right sides together fold it in half matching the corners of the widest edge and sew using a 1/4″ seam. This will create the point. Make sure to make long thread tails in-between each spoke as you chain stitch.
6. Create a chain for every 20 spokes. This will help keep it more organized.
7. Clip the corner of each point before turning.
8. Fold the seam open and finger press before turning.
9. Turn the seam inward and use a knitting needle or a blunt point to make it pointed.
10. Make sure the seam is in the center of the spoke before you press.
11. It may be easier for you to lay out your spokes as you sew them together. I like to work in a clockwise direction. Establish a starting point and pick up two spokes. Use a 1/4″ seam to sew the spokes together in pairs. Chain Stitch all the pairs. Make sure you start sewing at the outside edge and sew down toward what will become the inside circle. This will assure that your outer edges match up nicely. Remember the open center circle of your dresden plate will later be covered with an appliqued circle.
12. Chain stitch the pairs into 5 sets of four. Then finish by sewing the sets of four into a dresden plate. Press all your seams in a clockwise direction.
IMPORTANT: leave a long thread tail at the outer sewn edge where you begin sewing. Later the thread will be folded into the seam allowance. This will assure that the seams will stay sewn.
13. Now place your sewn and pressed dresden plate in the center of the 15″ x 15″ piece of felted Moda Cream Wool. Pin in place. Using my walking foot I first stitched in the ditch in-between each spoke and secured or locked my stitch at the beginning and end.
14. Then using an invisible thread and a very narrow hemstitch I stitched around the dresden plate unit. You may also hand applique if you desire.
15. Make a cardboard template and create a curved edge. Then use it to trace the curve around each spoke.
16. Cut the wool along the pencil line around the dresden plate charger.
17. Make a 3″ circle out of cereal box cardboard and then cut a piece of fabric larger @ approximately 3 3/4″. Then sew a running stitch around it and pull the threads tight. Apply a bit of starch and press. Remove cardboard then press again.
18. Center the circle in the middle of your Dresden Plate and machine applique using invisible thread and a small hemstitch. You may also hand applique if you prefer. I finished off the wool edge of my Dresden Plate Charger with a blanket stitch.
(Finished Size: 14 1/2″ x 14 1/2″)
- Cut one fat quarter @ 18″ x 18″ square of Green #55011-15
- Cut one fat quarter @ 12″ x 12″ square of Cream #55013-19
- 2 yards of Green #55011-15 fabric will be enough to make eight 18″ x 18″ squares.
- 1 yard of Cream #55013-19 fabric will be enough to cut nine 12″ x 12″ squares.
3. Mark the center on each side of the 12″ square and the 18″ square.
4. Match up the centers on ONE side and pin. Also measure where you would stop sewing the 1/4″ seam on each corner of the 12″ square then make a dot as seen in the picture below.
5. Start sewing from the 1/4″ point in each corner in toward the center where you marked the opening. Leave at least a 3 finger size opening to turn the napkin when finished.
6. Press the seam toward the darker fabric as seen below. Then bring the opposite side of the 12″ square up to the opposite side of the 18″ square, matching the centers. Sew from the 1/4″ mark in one corner to the 1/4″ mark on the opposite corner.
8. Now turn the napkin and repeat the process. Match the centers and pin making sure the corners match up at the 1/4″ point as seen in the picture below.
9. Close-up of sewing the seam down toward the 1/4″ point in the corner where you will stop sewing. Make sure to secure you stitches where you finish the seam.
10. By centering the 12″ square in the middle you will have flaps in all four corners that will become the mitered corners.
11. Fold the flaps and finger press the corners.
Part Three: Making the Napkin Rings
(Finished Size: 1 3/4″ x 6 1/2″ before buttoned)
1. Cut one piece of fabric and one piece of pellon measuring 4″ x 7 1/2″
2. Baste the pellon on the wrong side of fabric.
3. Fold in half with right sides together then sew a 1/4″ seam.
4. Turn right side out. Press.
5. Turn ends inside tube about 1/2″ and press.
6. Sew closely all around the outside edge.
7. Move your needle to the left a little and sew around the napkin ring again.
8. Sew two button holes and attach two buttons.
9. It's ready to button up and use as a napkin ring.
Finished Size: 15 1/2″ x 66 1/4″
This will be enough to make 72 hourglass blocks (you will use 64)
- Cut 36 squares measuring 4″ x 4″ from 18 of the darker prints
- Cut 36 squares measuring 4″ x 4″ from the Cream Background Print #55011-19
1. Start by taking one light 4″ x 4″ square and placing it right sides together over the 4″ x 4″ darker square. Repeat this process for the remaining squares and then draw a pencil line from the top left corner down to the lower right corner.
2. Sew a 1/4″ seam on each side of the pencil line.
3. Cut along the pencil line of each square.
4. Press the seams to the darker fabric.
5. Pair the half square triangles (HST) with other half square triangles (HST).
6. Place one HST over another HST with right sides together making sure the dark sides are over the light sides as seen in the picture below.
7. Draw another pencil line from one corner across the seam to the other corner as seen in the picture below. Now sew a 1/4″ seam on each side of the pencil line.
8. After sewing a 1/4″ seam on each side of the pencil line you will cut along the pencil line as seen below. You will need to make two piles. One pile for the left half and one pile for the right half. You ask why? Well, when you go to sew the HST's together you will want the seams to seat into each other and that will give you well matched points and seams.
9. Now comes the pressing. Start with the right pile that you made in step 8. Open the seam and press them in a clockwise direction as seen below. Repeat the process for the left hand pile as seen below. These seams will go in a counter-clockwise direction.
Here's a close-up of the seam that you will be opening up.
10. Trim each unit Hourglass Unite to 3″ x 3″ using the Triangle square up ruler making sure to keep your left piles together and your right piles together.
11. Arrange and sew the Hourglass blocks from the right hand pile into groups of 4 hourglass blocks per sashing unit and then repeat for the Hourglass blocks from the left hand pile. You will need 16 of these Hourglass Sashing Units for the Table Runner and then press the seams open.
- Cut strips @ 2 1/2″ x 22″ then Sub-cut each strip into FIVE 2 1/2″ x 3 3/4 rectangles.
Out of the Cream on Cream Floral #55017-19 cut the following:
- Cut a 10 1/2″ x 10 1/2″ background square out of a light print for each Dresden Plate Unit you decide to make. Your table runner can be any size you choose. For example, you could use 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7 Dresden Plate Block Units depending on how big your table is. I am using 5 blocks for my table runner.
Out of the Dark Brown Fabric cut the following:
- Cut 12 squares measuring 3″ x 3″ out of the dark chocolate fabric for the posts.
1. Make the 5 dresden plate blocks following the instructions in the Dresden Plate Charger Section in Part One.
2. Then applique the dresden plates to each of the 10 1/2″ x 10 1/2″ background squares. You can hand applique or machine applique using an invisible thread.
3. Take an hourglass sashing unit and sew one to each side of the dresden plate block.
4. Take two 3″ x 3″ chocolate squares and sew to each side of an hourglass sashing unit. Then sew to the the top and bottom of the dresden plate block (refer to table runner pictures).
5. Continue to assemble the Dresden Plate Table Runner according to the layout in the picture below.
- One Dresden Plate Table Runner (finished size: 15 1/2″ x 66 1/4″)
- Six Dresden Plate Chargers (finished size: 13″ round)
- One Fat Quarter Napkin (finished size: 14 1/2″ x 14 1/2″)
- Six Napkin Rings (finished size: 1 3/4″ x 6 1/2″ unbuttoned)
I hope you LOVE this fall project as much as I LOVED making it.
Hugs, Kim Walus
www. bittybitsandpieces.blogspot.com


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Posted: Tuesday 28th June 2016
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No, you do not have to live in West Berkshire. Currently, we have pupils who live in West Berkshire, Reading, Oxfordshire, Wokingham, Hampshire, Slough and Bracknell.
Yes, your child will need to have a Statement or an EHCP.
If you would like to visit the school, please contact the school office on 0118 942 1382.
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As a school, we have to be sure that we are able to meet your child's needs, that have the provision to meet those needs, an appropriate peer group for them and also a space within that peer group.
Every effort is made to keep the school open during bad weather, but in the event of the weather conditions deteriorating beyond what is manageable and safe, the Headteacher may make a decision to close the school.
If we have to close the school at short notice, transport companies will be informed and a recorded message will be left on our telephone system (0118 9421382). You will also be able to get an update by listening to these local radio stations such as Radio Berkshire on 94.6 MHz, 95.4 MHz, 104.1 MHz, 104.4 MHz & DAB
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I use paper to create a world of fiction that challenges the viewer to suspend disbelief and venture into my fabricated reality. By layering paper I am able to build intriguing land formations that mimic viral colonies and concentric sound waves. These strange landmasses contaminate and infect the surfaces they inhabit transforming the space into something suitable for their gestation. Towers of paper and color jut into the viewer's space inviting playful interactions between the viewer and this conceived world. These constructions question the notion of microbial outbreaks and their similarity to the visual representation of sound waves, transforming them into something more playful and inviting. View all posts by charlesclary


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In co-operation with the German Commission for UNESCO, the German Association of World Heritage sites will organize the annual conference of German World Heritage sites. Site managers of all German World Heritage sites and also preservationists and politicians will attend the conference.
In the past, the annual conferences have addressed issues such as World Heritage education, sustainable tourism, cultural dialogue or regional development. In 2012, the 40th Anniversary of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention will be part of discussion.


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Today in the News: 'Obamacare' gets another delay
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There's another postponement of the "Obamacare" act, this one in the enrollment period next year for 2015 coverage. The enrollment date was pushed back a month, to Nov. 15, in what the Obama administration says is an effort to help insurers. Republicans are calling the move a political one, as it coincides with mid-term elections.
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"A new era dawned and another waned a half century ago when hope and hatred collided right here in Dallas." - Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings, talking today during a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
Hot video: Dallas pauses to remember JFK
Thousands gathered for a moment of silence Friday in Dealey Plaza, the same spot where President John F. Kennedy was assassinated 50 years ago today.
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For demonstrated commitment to the local construction industry through Proposition R over the last year, Southwestern College has been selected as a distinguished owner by the Construction Management Association of America's San Diego chapter.
The award, which honors those who have embraced exceptional commitment to the construction management industry, will be accepted by Dr. Steven Crow, Southwestern College's vice president of business and financial affairs, at the organization's annual awards banquet Thursday, April 10, 2014 at the Mission Valley Marriott. Honorees are chosen by the San Diego Construction Management Association of America's board of directors.
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During a long talk with Rick at the beginning of November, during which I was feeling quite overwhelmed with projects and homeschooling and life in general, I decided to go ahead and normalize our kitchen again. We plugged the fridge back in.
We unplugged the fridge in May of 2011. It was supposed to be a month-long experiment. We left it unplugged for a year and a half. So, I guess in that way, it was a total success. We had a great system down, and we pretty much forgot what life with a refrigerator was like.
I liked it, being weird and different and extreme. But also, Rick and I were getting to the point where we craved a little normalcy and simplicity in our lives in general. The fridge was a sort of symbol for me of this crazy, hippie extreme life that I wanted to have. And, Rick, being super supportive, has come along for the ride, and for the most part, we have that life.
We grow our food or buy from local farms, we have chickens and bees. I never buy cereal or use paper plates or paper towels. I've made our own laundry soap and dishwasher detergent. We've cloth diapered (3 kids), etc. You get the point.
But sometimes being weird can wear on you. It was wearing on us both (not the fridge, but you know… everything).
One of my good friends talks about how tough it can be to live in two worlds. You know the two… one in which all your friends only buy gluten-free, sustainably harvested, BPA-free, GMO-free, soy-free, local, handmade, hand loomed, home-grown, vegetarian fed, and free range. And the other world: the on sale, easy clean-up, big box, double coupon, plastic, convenient, drive-thru, battery operated, disposable one.
I mean, take a kid's birthday party. Imagine hosting 25 people but using nothing disposable. No paper plates or plastic forks or crêpe paper streamers. Or if you do use plastic cups you feel guilty, even for the biodegradable ones. The guilt.
So I decided to let go. Not of everything. Sometimes I use a paper towel or 100% recycled paper plate. The fridge was something simple that could go back to normal, not be so weird.
You wouldn't believe how novel it felt. Having a freezer inside the house, having room for anything in the fridge. We hosted Thanksgiving dinner this year. I let the turkey thaw in the fridge, and there was room for other things. It was amazing! (By the way, we also hosted T-day without a fridge, it's totally doable).
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Melody Thomas Scott Dishes Her 12th Marriage on The Young and the Restless
Do weddings come cheaper by the dozen? Let's hope so for Nikki Newman's sake. The tragedy-prone heroine of The Young and the Restless - played by Melody Thomas Scott - has married for the 12th time, as part of the CBS soap's 40th anniversary celebration. TV Guide Magazine rang Thomas Scott to find out how it feels to be Nikki Reed Foster Bancroft DiSalvo Newman Abbott Landers Newman Newman Chow Sharpe Abbott Newman. Monogram that!
TV Guide Magazine: This is Nikki's fourth marriage to the dastardly Victor Newman [Eric Braeden]. When will she ever learn?
Thomas Scott: Never! She always falls for his bulls--t, but that's what's so charming about her. She goes with her heart, not her head. She's a good example of what not to be. I mean, seriously, who'd want to be Nikki? I love this role and I'm very happy, but c'mon! She's hopeless.
TV Guide Magazine: And Victor's even worse. This is his 15th marriage. Is there a snow cone's chance in hell this one will last?
Thomas Scott: Why would it? Victor's been such a dream since Nikki was diagnosed with MS but I'm sure something major will happen after the wedding where he turns back into a jerk and Nikki sees the light again. They can't be happy. There's no story in that.
TV Guide Magazine: Nikki has been horizontal for two of her weddings to Victor, which must be some kind of crazy-ass soap record.
Thomas Scott: It's true, though the first time she was dying and that marriage turned out not to be legal, and then just recently we did the pretend marriage when Nikki was hospitalized because of her MS. But in their combined total of 27 real marriages, we're not counting their almost weddings. [Laughs] That would take us into triple digits!
TV Guide Magazine: Why does it always have to end in marriage with those two? Considering their bad luck with the "I Do's," what's wrong with just shacking up?
Thomas Scott: Are you kidding? Victor and Nikki live in the Midwest. They've got down-home American values!
TV Guide Magazine: No spoiler alert needed here: Mr. Braeden can be a handful. How have you managed to stay on his good side all these years?
Thomas Scott: I'm not going to lie and say that being his costar is easy, because it ain't. But it's so worth it. And, hey, I can be pretty ornery, too. After working with the guy for 34 years, I know how to handle him. [Laughs] And, the best part is, he doesn't even know he's being handled!
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Stubby was the official mascot of the 26th "Yankee" Division during the First World War. He joined the rank and file of the 102nd Infantry Regiment at Yale Field in New Haven, CT in the Spring of 1917. He was a stray brindle terrier puppy of unknown origin and exact breed, but appeared to be several weeks old at the time he was found. Throughout his lifetime including his military service, his caretaker and master was John Robert Conroy of Pittsfield, Mass.
During his time in training camp, Stubby became familiar with the bugle calls, marching drills and even learned to give a dog's version of a salute with his right paw to his eyebrow when he saw others around him doing the same. Stubby's positive effect on the morale of the troops earned him the right to remain in camp even though animals were not allowed.
In September, 1917 Stubby was smuggled aboard the USS Minnesota at Newport News, VA and sailed to France with the 102nd Infantry. He was hidden in a coal bin until the ship was too far out to sea to turn back. Once in France, Stubby was finally discovered by Pvt. Conroy's commanding officer but was given special orders allowing him to remain with the troops as their official mascot. Following his master's preliminary training in trench warfare, Stubby went into the front lines and was in the trenches by February 5, 1918.
Fitted with his own gas mask, Stubby experienced multiple gas attacks and became skilled at warning the troops when gas was approaching their positions. He was credited with saving sleeping men in his company by running through the trenches while barking and tugging at their legs to wake them. When the gas alarm sounded, Stubby would leave the trench to avoid the gas until it cleared away.
Stubby also became an expert at locating wounded soldiers in "no man's land" by listening for voices speaking in English. He would then slip out through the barbed wire, find them and either lead them back to the line or bark for medics to respond. Stubby became the first dog to be formally granted rank in the U.S. Armed Forces when he received an honorary promotion to Sergeant after directly assisting in the capture of a German soldier during a patrol in "no man's land."
On April 20, 1918 Stubby was wounded in the right foreleg and chest by shrapnel from a German grenade during the fighting at Seicheprey. He was treated at a field hospital, and following surgery was moved to a recovery area where he convalesced and also improved the morale of the nursing staff and other wounded troops.
Stubby participated in 17 engagements and four major campaigns including those at Aisne-Marne, Champagne-Marne, St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne. He earned one Wound Chevron (predecessor to the Purple Heart) and three Overseas Service Chevrons for his time in the lines (one for every 6 months Over There).
Following the Armistice, Stubby met President Woodrow Wilson when the President visited the 102nd Infantry in France on Christmas Day, 1918. When the 102nd returned to the United States in early Spring of 1919, Stubby was again smuggled aboard ship for the voyage home.
Stubby became a life member of the American Legion, American Red Cross and the YMCA. He continued to live a full life into the mid 1920's and followed his master to Georgetown University Law School where he was also named the school mascot. Stubby passed away in his master's arms on March 16, 1926 and was preserved for posterity with the assistance of the Smithsonian Institution.
Today Stubby's remains are on display as part of the Smithsonian exhibit The Price of Freedom: Americans at War in Washington, D.C. where he can be seen still standing at the ready and wearing his decorations on a chamois service blanket made for him by the grateful women of Chateau-Thierry, France. Stubby was also honored with a brick in the Walk of Honor at the National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri on Novermber 11, 2006.
Special Thanks to Terry Waldron for permission to display her original oil artwork "Sgt. Stubby–WWI War Dog." This work may not be reproduced without express permission of the artist. Please follow the link for Terry James Art & Frame at http://www.terryjamesart.com/ in order to procure this and other fine works of original historical art.


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Visit From the Sugar Plumm Fairies
Posted by One Gay at a Time in Single Edition on February 14, 2013
We all know that red roses are the queen of Valentine's Day, and chocolate is king. If you read my blog, you know just how much I like chocolate. Although I never heard of them before this weekend, I am thrilled to introduce Sugar and Plumm, the Purveyors of Yumm!
Chef Pichet Ong spoke to our intimate group about the delicious creations they are whipping up. Perhaps best known as a judge on Top Chef: Just Desserts, award-winning corporate pastry Chef Ong is the whimsical creator behind the sweet and savory confections of Sugar and Plumm. He combines the fond flavors of his childhood with modern cooking techniques to create culinary offerings that are seasonal, pure, light, and delightfully experimental, yet nostalgic.
After introducing us to the brand, he was kind enough to treat us to their For The Love of Chocolate gorgeously packaged box of some of their finest chocolate creations. It is an amazing assortment of hand-crafted artisan chocolates with origins from around the world. This box included two white chocolate blueberry and six pure dark Mexican chocolate ganache. However, the pleasant surprises didn't end there. Hidden below were chocolates with flavors and aromas consisting of raspberry, vanilla, coconut, hazelnut praline, jasmine tea infused ganache, ginger, milk chocolate and pure dark Peruvian. On top of allowing us to sample some of their finest chocolate creations, we were also give a pair of their brightly colored, delicate French macaroons. It was all I could do to keep myself from digging in immediately.
When I untied the ribbon and opened my brightly colored box, I was blown away by the impeccably pristine chocolates before me. They were almost too pretty to eat. Luckily, that would not stop me. What did stop me was the thought of my boyfriend waiting for me at home. There's something incredibly romantic about fine artisan chocolates that makes it sinful not to share with a loved one.
On our anniversary, the day before Valentine's day, I told my boyfriend I had a surprise for him. I told him to close his eyes and open his mouth. After a bit of trepidation, he complied, and boy was he glad he did. His face lit up from ear to ear as he savored his first bite of the dark chocolate ganache-filled heart. I sampled the white chocolate blueberry-filled heart. I'd never tasted anything so complex and exquisite. It was heaven. I was reminded of the first time blueberry wine touched my lips, and I had to have more. The combination of blueberry and white chocolate was pure genius. I forced myself to put the box away so I could savor these the little bits of chocolate heaven for a few days; I simply did not want the experience to end!
There was no way I could possibly ignore the fresh macaroons waiting the ultimate demise. Although there were two, I wanted the best of both worlds. As it's rather impossible to split a macaroon, I simply bit half for myself and passed the other half to my boyfriend. We made long extended moans as we enjoyed these incredible indulgences, and that was just the vanilla macaroon. I repeated our ritual with the strawberry poppy-seed, and the moans of happiness only grew louder. The flavors transported me back to the beach with my parents snacking on strawberry Twizzlers.
It was amazing how incredibly nostalgic Sugar and Plumm's confectionaries were. How could so much be contained in such a small morsel?
I was shocked to learn that Sugar and Plumm serve breakfast, lunch, dinner, weekend brunch, and every craving in between. I was expecting a purveyor of sweets, but they create works of art from homemade ice cream and macaroons, to house-smoked salmon and Berkshire pulled pork, our team of master chefs, bakers, and chocolatiers are purveyors of all things delicious and delightful. The bake shop even makes everything handmade, from scratch. The only problem you'll find is deciding what to order (and possibly that top button on your pants).
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Now that the holidays have come and gone, this week's meals are a little more frugal and a little less festive.
And that's okay.
As we explain to Guppy, there is a time for everything : a time for eating Christmas cookies and chocolates, and a time for soup and lighter fare. Coming down from the holiday excitement is always a little melancholy for me, but Friday's pizza nights means there is always a party to look forward to, right?
Monday : Spinach Quiche and roasted-garlic and white bean soup (from the freezer – I'd forgotten about it – total score!)
Tuesday : Potato and butternut Soup and baking powder biscuits
Wednesday : Seitan with Quince, Apple and Onion, Rutabega-Fennel Clapshot (test recipes for The Urban Vegan's forthcoming cookbook!)
Thursday : left-overs
Friday : Pizza Night!
Here's a peek at two test recipes we enjoyed last week from The Urban Vegan :
Pumpkin-Maple Muffins – enough said.
Spicy Lentils – I'm such a fan of lentils served just about any way, but this picante recipe was a real winner. I served it up with some balsamic roasted butternut squash, because I can.
And so can you! This isn't a test recipe, but it is one of our favourite way to eat butternut squash – try it!
Balsamic-Roasted Butternut Squash
+/- 5 cups cubed butternut squash
1 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
1 tsp dried thyme
salt and pepper to taste
Heat your oven to 200°c/400°f and toss the cubed squash with the olive oil and vinegar. Using your fingers, crumble the dried thyme over the squash, sprinkle with salt and pepper, then toss to coat.
Spread the cubed squash in a shallow baking dish or on a baking sheet in one layer and bake for about 45 minutes or until melty-tender. Sprinkle with some salt if necessary before serving.
Do you have a favourite frugal (ie : cheap) recipe you love to serve? Please feel free to share with the kids at home! And don't forget, if you're looking for meal plan inspiration you can visit the MPM archives.


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A fish caught inside the harbor at Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant was found with 254,000 Bq/kg of radioactive cesium, highest so far.
From independent journalist Ryuichi Kino's tweets, as he watches the live TEPCO press conference:
As to the fish inside the [harbor] at Fukushima I Nuke Plant, TEPCO consulted the fishermen in October [last year] and took measures to stop the fish from escaping the harbor. TEPCO's spokesman Mr. Ono says they didn't do anything about the fish escaping the bay until October. The highest level detected so far in the fish is 254,000 becquerels/kg of radioactive cesium (Cs-134 and Cs-137).
The fish with 250,000 Bq/kg of cesium was a spotbelly rockfish. Kino continues:
It was spotbelly rockfish that was found with the highest level [of radioactive cesium]. If one eats 200 gram of fish, one gets 0.8 millisievert radiation exposure. If one eats 1 kilogram, 4 millisievert. Of course no one eats [this fish, that much], but we should remember that there are fish like that near Fukushima I Nuke Plant. We cannot say for sure that no fish escapes from the harbor.


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Chilling 'Godzilla' reboot upholds legacy
No one can blame Gareth Edwards for admittedly feeling nervous when asked to helm a remake of the biggest monster movie of all time. Sure, the only other film he had directed happened to be 2010's "Monsters." But this time, it was Godzilla.
Well, the latest iteration of the 60-year-old franchise is in capable hands. Edwards' "Godzilla" is a pleasingly paced 3-D spectacle that pays chilling homage to the artful legacy of the original 1954 film — Ishiro Honda's "Gojira" — while emerging as its own prodigious monster movie.
Created as a symbol of the nuclear threat following America's atomic attacks on Japan in World War II, Godzilla's reappearance suggests the nuclear tests conducted by the U.S. in the Pacific after the war were really meant to hold the radioactive dinosaur back.
This story begins in Japan in 1999 as nuclear physicist Joe Brody (Bryan Cranston, edgy in an unbearable wig) investigates questionable seismic activity at a nuclear power plant on the coast of India.
When a team at the plant, including his scientist wife, Sandra (an underused Juliette Binoche), dies in what everyone believes is a natural disaster, Joe dedicates his life to proving that what caused the devastation was anything but natural. His obsession creates a rift between himself and his son, Ford.
Fifteen years later, we catch up with Ford (played by a placid but sexy Aaron Taylor-Johnson) in San Francisco, where he lives with his wife (Elizabeth Olsen) and their son.
Serving in the U.S. Navy, Ford disarms bombs, a skill that later helps him save the planet from MUTOs — "Massive Unidentified Terrestrial Organism" — that emerge from a long dormancy and begin traveling the globe, feeding on radiation.
Screenwriter Max Borenstein, working from a story by Dave Callaham, doesn't bombard us with multiple narratives or a multitude of characters (Ken Watanabe and Sally Hawkins play scientists, and David Strathairn plays an admiral).
Instead, the film focuses on Ford's family story, which Borenstein takes his time developing. When we finally see Godzilla — just shy of an hour into the film — the anticipation has built to such a degree that we expect to be awe-struck. And we are.
The tallest of any Godzillas before him, this one stands 355 feet high — about 30 stories — with glistening, scaly skin and dorsal fin spikes down his back. His terrifying yet textured roar shakes the theater.
Aiming for a realistic take on how we might react to an invasion by giant creatures, Edwards makes sure our view of them rarely shifts from the human perspective.
Honoring the eerie music of the original, this film's score by Alexandre Desplat ("Argo") is equally menacing, rich with horns that complement the consistently serious tone of the movie.
In the original film, made using stop-motion photography, an actor stomped around a miniature Tokyo in a latex suit. But in the hands of visual effects guru Jim Rygiel ("The Lord of the Rings" franchise), the contemporary take looks incredibly fluid and Godzilla's movements appear far more natural.
But we're not bombarded with excessive CGI here. Godzilla isn't oversold, although for some, his lack of screentime won't be satisfying enough. However, the balance between the family-focused story line and intense action sequences is bound to please others.
A threat to the planet in the '50s version, Godzilla isn't out to take the world down this time. He's here to be its hero and his massive showdown — fiery radioactive breath and all — against the MUTOs is the highlight. He's more than a catastrophic beast and we're on his side when he swims off into the sunset.
While the predictable sequel has not yet been confirmed, one thing is clear: Edwards' version of "Godzilla" remains the ultimate monster movie. The legacy has been upheld.
Film facts
Cast: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen
MPAA rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of destruction, mayhem and creature violence.
Critical rating: ★★★☆
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In recent days, there have been some interesting developments in the relationship that have caused some optimism in American circles, not entirely matched by Indian commentators. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently returned from a trip to Asia, during which she held talks with India's Foreign Minister, S.M. Krishna, on May 8th, preparatory to the 3rd U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue to be held in Washington, D.C. on June 13th.
Both parties agreed on the importance of their economic relationship, with Clinton stressing increased trade and investment, and Krishna hoping the relationship "would grow much faster and realize its enormous potential." There was agreement also on Afghanistan, with Clinton welcoming India's support for the "people's efforts to build a more peaceful and prosperous future." Among other things, India has organized a meeting of potential investors in Afghanistan from the surrounding states, to be held in June.
But beneath the diplomatic rhetoric, Clinton hinted at India's need to open its markets to American retailers (like Walmart). Krishna in turn urged that more mobility be allowed for their IT and other specialists in the U.S. The Foreign Minister raised with Secretary Clinton India's concern with American protectionism, a particularly troublesome intimation of which was the restrictive nature of visa applications (challenged by India at the WTO last month) that Indian professionals from the services industry are required to complete, the recent increase in visa fees to $2,000, and the high rejection rate of these applications. Instead of being reassured by the Secretary on this score, he was undoubtedly disappointed to hear that U.S. policy would persist, as would the rise in rejections.
As for the historic civil nuclear agreement signed in 2008, which raised so many hopes in both countries, all that could be claimed by the Secretary was discussions by public-private agents (of India and the U.S., respectively) on how "to move forward together." But the Foreign Minister urged faster progress "towards contractual steps."
Finally and most significantly, India's continued import of Iranian oil was discussed. This is, of course, a key issue for the U.S., which believes strongly that Iran is intent on developing nuclear weapons. To deter these plans, it has declared an oil embargo on Iran, and has been imposing harsh sanctions on those who import oil from that country. But while several nations (mostly European as well as Japan) have been exempted, Washington threatens to impose sanctions on India and China after June 28th, two of the biggest importers of Iranian oil. While India agrees, in general, with Washington on the nuclear issue, and did in fact decrease its much-needed oil imports from Iran several times, Clinton was not prepared to say that India's concessions (which New Delhi perceives as substantial) would be enough to exempt New Delhi from sanctions by the end of June. Indeed, Clinton repeatedly pressed India — not only during the talks with Krishna, but also in several hard-hitting and unyielding public statements — to make further cuts.
The Foreign Minister continued, nevertheless, to acknowledge Iran's rights as a member of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, and stressed India's full implementation of all United Nations-mandated sanctions on Iran. He thereby signaled India's disapproval of what India views as punitive sanctions imposed on Iran by the U.S. and the West in general, which moreover do not adequately take into account India's urgent need for increasingly expensive fuel imports (with the Rupee weakening sharply) which can be met only partially from alternate sources, due to financial, technical and other reasons. As if to underscore New Delhi's stance, Indian exporters were holding talks with an Iranian trade delegation in one part of the capital, while Secretary Clinton was meeting with India's Foreign Affairs Minister in another part.
It remains to be seen if the relationship will indeed be hurt, as Indians have warned, if the U.S. proceeds to impose sanctions on India because of its continued imports of Iranian oil on which the nation is so heavily dependent. Both sides hope that some of the outstanding issues can be resolved at the June 13 "strategic dialogue." Washington may be more optimistic, given India's greater flexibility in negotiations (especially compared to China). The pot may have been sweetened the previous week when Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is in New Delhi for talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Defense Minister A.K.Antony, when India is expected to sign additional arms deals. On the other hand, New Delhi may surprise Secretary Clinton this time.


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Moderation through explanation. Alternately, this section could be called Where Dunning-Kreuger meets politics. Four researchers at three different institutions joined forces to ask a simple question: why is it that people have such extreme positions on subjects that are rather complicated and nuanced? "We hypothesized that people typically know less about such policies than they think they do," the authors write, going on to discuss their experimental method: asking people with extreme opinions to explain the issue. That brought an end to their subjects' belief that they actually understood the issue they were otherwise willing to argue passionately about (or, as the authors put it, "undermined the illusion of explanatory depth"). Once people recognized their ignorance, positions tended to moderate.
In contrast, simply asking people to explain why they like their preferred policy kept the illusion intact. "The evidence suggests that people's mistaken sense that they understand the causal processes underlying policies contributes to political polarization," they conclude.
Today's youth really are selfish and lazy. At least relatively so. Between 1976 and 2007, over 350,000 high school seniors took a survey that, among other things, asked a bit about their material desires and willingness to work for them. One has gone up, the other down—can you guess which is which? The desire for money and material well-being hit a new high in the late 1980s, and has stayed there ever since. But, at the same time, people felt that the money should come easily: "When materialistic values increased, work centrality steadily declined, suggesting a growing discrepancy between the desire for material rewards and the willingness to do the work usually required to earn them."
That's how the authors put it in the paper. One of them, Jean Twenge, is a bit more blunt when speaking casually, referring to this discrepancy as a "fantasy gap." And Twenge doesn't seem to think it's a healthy thing, as he's said, "That type of 'fantasy gap' is consistent with other studies showing a generational increase in narcissism and entitlement."
Invasion of the jumping guppies. Lots of fish readily leave the water behind, leaping to either avoid being prey or to capture some. And then there's the guppy, which just seems to jump for no reason at all. The behavior is very deliberate, with the fish backing away from the surface slowly before reversing with a burst of speed. And they'll do it whether alone or in groups, and without any predators or food around. Although the behavior is pretty maladaptive for a fish tank, the authors surmise that it has helped the fish invade new territory in their native habitat, which features many small waterfalls. Naturally, the study was prompted by a guppy invading a graduate student's cup of chai. Fortunately, it was iced chai, so no scalded guppy.
It's always amusing until someone loses an arm. Over the past two decades, over 90,000 children sought a doctor's care for injuries suffered on an amusement park ride, an annual rate of nearly 4,500. The most common cause of injury? Falling off the ride. Head and neck problems were most common, followed by arm injuries. No word on how many adults fall off the rides each year.
Mate often, die young. That's the strategy male flies take when they see competition around. Put them in an environment with lots of other males, and they'll mate longer and deposit more proteins in the females they mate with. And it works—on average, these males produced more offspring more quickly than their peers that didn't see any competition. But it all goes downhill fast. After three matings, the number of offspring per mating declined, and soon after, they stopped mating as often. And, ultimately, they died young.


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